By cfox612 on

http://drupal.org/project/newsticker

Installed it, but now have NO idea what to do with it. I set up a new newsticker "item", but have no clue what to do next. Anyone know where I can find some decent instructions on this one? Or a better module? Just want to display the most recent 2-3 node titles/links in a block.

I tried "scrolltext" which kept throwing mysql errors, so that was trashed. Doesn't seem like this should be that hard!

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Kirk commented

Just want to display the most recent 2-3 node titles/links in a block.

Assuming all you want to do is list a few items in a block, Views http://drupal.org/project/views is probably a much better solution for you.

If you want the scolling effect, then you need something like newsticker or alternately, Views Slideshow http://drupal.org/project/views_slideshow

Looking at the Newsticker issue queue, I would probably try something else. That project looks unmaintained.

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cfox612 commented

However I've only used the slideshow feature with images. I don't want the fading in/out, does slideshow offer the scrolling text effect?

EDIT:

Okay so it scrolls out, which is something I guess, but it's not really a "news ticker". Anyone know a good working newsticker module?

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Kirk commented

You know, Google has a bunch of results and techniques for "Drupal Newsticker".

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cfox612 commented

and came up with a bunch of modules, was hoping someone could recommend one before I started rolling through them all (should point out I went through 3 before starting this thread). Is there one you use?

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Kirk commented

I have never used one, because personally, I find Newstickers to be irritating.

This sounds like a good place for you to try out several of these modules and then provide us all back with your thoughts on them.

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cfox612 commented

http://drupal.org/project/views_ticker

Views Ticker does exactly what I need, even being in dev. Took all of a few minutes to implement with only one bug (which is addressed in their issues). Highly recommend this if someone needs a simple scrolling text ticker.